#federal-agencies

#federal-agencies

The death of 56-year-old Nurul Amin Shah Alam has shaken Buffalo's immigrant communities and drawn national scrutiny, raising urgent questions about how federal immigration agencies handle vulnerable people.

Last year, Claude was made broadly available across all three branches of the federal government under a General Services Administration OneGov agreement.

President Trump on Thursday announced he was erasing the scientific finding that climate change endangers human health and the environment, ending the federal government's legal authority to control the pollution that is dangerously heating the planet." - The New York Times A new ruling from the Trump administration says that when the sun disappears at night, we don't know where it goes. All remaining top scientists have been taken from their positions and tasked with getting to the bottom of this.

President Donald Trump's recent executive order has turned the post-Christmas slump into an official extension of the holiday season, designating Friday, Dec. 26, as a federal holiday. While his directive has effectively shuttered federal offices for a rare five-day weekend, the rest of the economy is operating in a state of partial suspension, leading to a confusing situation about who, exactly, is back to business today.

Welcome to WIRED's Uncanny Valley. I'm WIRED's director of business and industry, Zoë Schiffer. Today on the show, we're bringing you five stories that you need to know about this week, including how despite some reports claiming that the so-called Department of Government Efficiency is pretty much over, DOGE people are actually still at work across federal agencies. I'm joined today by our senior politics editor, Leah Feiger. Leah, welcome back to Uncanny Valley.

The order, which Trump is expected to sign on Monday, his first day in office, will direct the Office of Management and Budget and the Office of Personnel Management to coordinate with agencies to terminate all DEI programs in federal agencies, including environmental justice programs, equity related grants, equity action plans and equity initiatives, the official said.

We are grateful for AWS's partnership as GSA continues to equip agencies with modern solutions at scale and at savings. Through this unique partnership, the federal government is poised to deliver on President Trump's AI Action Plan and solidify its position as the global AI leader.

The year two status report stresses how the situation is worsening. Declining budgets, staffing constraints, and inadequate statistical integrity protections identified in the 2024 report have intensified in recent months.

Federal agencies increasingly depend on secure cloud infrastructure, and the Certified Federal Cloud Solutions Architect (CFCSA) certification is essential for navigating related challenges and compliance.

The federal government is filled with scientists who contribute to decisions regarding food, medicines, environment, health care, and more. However, as President Trump's second term began, many scientists noticed a shift towards an antiscience approach.

The Trump administration issued reduction-in-force notices to roughly one-third of the workforce in March, but in May a federal judge in Massachusetts issued an injunction after finding the cuts made it "effectively impossible" for Education to carry out its legally required responsibilities.

The deadly Texas floods could signal a new norm in the US, as Donald Trump and his allies dismantle crucial federal agencies that help states prepare for extreme weather.

Legacy systems represent an expanding attack surface with diminishing defensive capabilities. With each passing year, the risk of catastrophic system failures increases.

These vacancies, resulting from resignations, retirements, and reductions-in-force, create governance gaps that impact data quality and availability.

A few have had success in addressing problems under their direct control by cutting programs, budgets or staff and returning actual dollars to the Treasury.

The White House has removed Alvin Brown as vice chair of the NTSB amid a series of dismissals from independent agencies by President Trump.